Noida: 15 arrested for violating COVID-19 curbs, 1,551 vehicle-owners penalised
Also, five vehicles were impounded for a similar violation during a 24-hour period till Wednesday night, the police said, even as "Unlock 2" -- the phased re-opening of activities that were barred to contain the spread of COVID-19, began in Uttar Pradesh.
Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which bars an assembly of more than four persons, is in force in Gautam Buddh Nagar, urban areas of which fall in the COVID-19 "red zone".
"Eleven FIRs were registered and 15 people arrested for violating CrPC section 144. A total of 3,179 vehicles were checked at 200 barrier points in the district and challans issued to 1,551 of those, while another five were impounded," the police said in a statement.
Altogether, Rs 24,600 were collected in fines during the action, they said.
The Noida-Delhi border continues to remain sealed for movement except for essential services and people carrying passes issued by the district administration, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida, Sankalp Sharma told .
The Centre had, on Monday, issued guidelines for the month-long "Unlock 2" from Wednesday.
"Unlock 1", a graded exit from the nationwide lockdown imposed on March 25, ended on Tuesday.
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to tow the Centre's guidelines in the state, where educational institutions, metro services, cinema halls and gymnasiums will continue to remain shut.
There is no ban on intrastate and interstate movement of people and goods, senior state government officials said on Tuesday.
However, the district administrations, police and health department officials of Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad can impose a ban at the local-level after consulting each other, they added.